Saturday, 13 August 2016

July Revision 08

Q1. How much US dollar project has been approved by the World Bank Board for the Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Jharkhand?

Q2. In which country, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharmahas been conferred with the honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University (NAU)?

Q3. Which country has inaugurated a test stretch of an electric road with this, the country has become one of the first countries in the world to conduct tests with electric power for heavy transports on public roads?

Q4. Name the Naga rebel leader, who has died due to a prolonged illness recently.

Q5. Which state has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a three-nation consortium of China Huanqin Contracting and Engineering Corporation, LEPL Ventures Private Limited and Isomeric Holdings to set up a gas-based fertilizer project at Krishnapatanam with an investment of Rs 10,183 crore?

Q6. Majuli is to become India’s first river island district by August this year. In which state, at present the island is a sub-division under Jorhat district?

Q7. The ______________ got the Cabinet approval, paving the way for auction of 100 prospective mineral blocks and boosting the country’s mining potential.

Q8. Minister of Human Resource and Development Smriti Irani is launching the teacher education portal ___________ for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in New Delhi on 30th June 2016.

Q9. Central government announced an overall increase of 23.5 per cent for over one crore government employees and pensioners in line with the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations, which left most services dissatisfied. The hikes will come with the August paychecks and be paid with effect from .............?

Q10. In which two states recently, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approval of road projects will help improve the infrastructure and connectivity in these states?